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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas expands critical infrastructure protections to include semiconductor plants and raises corporate fines to $1 billion
Last action · March 14, 2025: Referred to State AffairsSponsor: Shelley Luther
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What This Bill Proposed
Relating to civil and criminal liability for engaging in certain conduct involving a critical infrastructure facility; creating criminal offenses.
Corporations convicted of offenses under this chapter face maximum fines doubled to $1 billion, and organizations that compensate individuals for unauthorized disruptive conduct near covered facilities face expanded civil liability.
- Critical infrastructure protection laws in Texas establish strict criminal and civil penalties for unauthorized entries or disruptions near sensitive industrial, transport, and military installations. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Corporations and associations
Subject to increased maximum criminal fines of up to $1 billion for offenses under the subchapter.
Property owners of critical infrastructure facilities
Able to seek damages from organizations that compensate individuals for unlawful conduct occurring on or near their property.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 14, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to State Affairs
- Mar 14, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Jan 17, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Expansion of Critical Infrastructure Scope
The bill extends traditional infrastructure protections governing oil, gas, and military sites to include high-tech semiconductor wafer manufacturing facilities.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 80)
- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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